Triple
T2146766
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Terrence McNally |
E47084
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
McNally
McNally is the surname of acclaimed American playwright and screenwriter Terrence McNally, known for his influential contributions to contemporary theater.
|
E240379
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: McNally | Statement: [Terrence McNally, familyName, McNally]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McNally Context triple: [Terrence McNally, familyName, McNally]
-
A.
Minnelli
Minnelli is a distinguished Italian-American show business family name most famously associated with entertainer Liza Minnelli and film director Vincente Minnelli.
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B.
Mulally
Mulally is the surname of Alan Mulally, the American engineer and former CEO known for leading major turnarounds at Boeing and Ford Motor Company.
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C.
Day O’Connor
Day O’Connor is the family name of Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court.
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D.
Kennelly
Kennelly is a surname most notably associated with Arthur E. Kennelly, an influential electrical engineer and physicist known for his work on alternating current theory and the ionosphere.
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E.
Millar
Millar is a surname and variant spelling of Miller, commonly found in English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: McNally Triple: [Terrence McNally, familyName, McNally]
Generated description
McNally is the surname of acclaimed American playwright and screenwriter Terrence McNally, known for his influential contributions to contemporary theater.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McNally Target entity description: McNally is the surname of acclaimed American playwright and screenwriter Terrence McNally, known for his influential contributions to contemporary theater.
-
A.
Minnelli
Minnelli is a distinguished Italian-American show business family name most famously associated with entertainer Liza Minnelli and film director Vincente Minnelli.
-
B.
Mulally
Mulally is the surname of Alan Mulally, the American engineer and former CEO known for leading major turnarounds at Boeing and Ford Motor Company.
-
C.
Day O’Connor
Day O’Connor is the family name of Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court.
-
D.
Kennelly
Kennelly is a surname most notably associated with Arthur E. Kennelly, an influential electrical engineer and physicist known for his work on alternating current theory and the ionosphere.
-
E.
Millar
Millar is a surname and variant spelling of Miller, commonly found in English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69a88a1933e0819094f18426ed74180f |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbe25d8848190a3ba691668a68e37 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:56 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae58d75a5c8190b364a4ab5370558a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae595a222881908d86ba8690c4fc65 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae59efdf4c8190aaa1d63ce6e98696 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.